Life in the 1960's The sixties were the age of youth, as 70 million children from the post-war baby boom became teenagers and young adults. Themovement away from the conservative fifties continued and eventually resulted in different ways of thinking and real change in the cultural fabric of American life. No longer content to be images of the generation ahead of them, young people wanted change. The changes affected education, values, lifestyles, laws, and entertainment. Many of the new ideas which began in the sixties are continuing to evolve today.
The sixties were the age of youth, as 70 million children from the post-war baby boom became teenagers and young adults. The movement away from the conservative fifties continued and eventually resulted in different ways of thinking and real change in the cultural fabric of American life. No longer content to be images of the generation ahead of them, young people wanted change. The changes affected education, values, lifestyles, laws, and entertainment. Many of the new ideas which began in the sixties are continuing to evolve today.